A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains ...

This early exploration opened the door to centuries of scientific study and adventure in one of the world’s last great ...

On a map, Antarctica reads like the final frontier, a place where the rules of the natural world work a little differently.

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The ...